> On 15 Mar 2018, at 02:34, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > ... > > * ls/checkout-encoding (2018-03-09) 10 commits > - convert: add round trip check based on 'core.checkRoundtripEncoding' > - convert: add tracing for 'working-tree-encoding' attribute > - convert: advise canonical UTF encoding names > - convert: check for detectable errors in UTF encodings > - convert: add 'working-tree-encoding' attribute > - utf8: add function to detect a missing UTF-16/32 BOM > - utf8: add function to detect prohibited UTF-16/32 BOM > - strbuf: add a case insensitive starts_with() > - strbuf: add xstrdup_toupper() > - strbuf: remove unnecessary NUL assignment in xstrdup_tolower() > > The new "checkout-encoding" attribute can ask Git to convert the > contents to the specified encoding when checking out to the working > tree (and the other way around when checking in). > > Expecting a reroll. > cf. <66370A41-A048-44E7-9BF8-4631C50AAE63@xxxxxxxxx> > Modulo minor design decision corrections, the series is almost there. If I hurry up (IOW: send a reroll tonight), would this topic have a chance for 2.17-rc1 or is it too late? Thanks, Lars